Mikhail Volkenshtein 1116391 224020606 2008-07-06T23:32:31Z Lightbot 7178666 Units/dates/other {{Refimprove|date=July 2007}} '''Mikhail Vladimirovich Volkenshtein''' ([[October 23]], [[1912]] - [[February 18]], [[1992]]) was a notable [[Russia]]n [[Biophysics|biophysicist]], Corresponding Member of the [[Russian Academy of Sciences]], Dr.Sci., Professor. He was Head of the Department of the [[Institute of Molecular Biology]] of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor of the [[Moscow State University]], member of the Editorial Board of the Journal ''"Molekuliarnaya Biologia"'' of the Russian Academy of Sciences, winner of the State Prize of the former [[Soviet Union]]. Volkenshtein was author of many important scientific articles and monographs in the fields of Quantum Biophysics, Chemistry of Biopolymers, etc. He was one of the authors of the [[Quantum mechanics|Quantum-Mechanical]] Model of [[Enzyme|Enzyme Catalysis]] (1970s). ==Some main works of M.V. Volkenshtein== * M.V. Volkenshtein, R.R. Dogonadze, A.K. Madumarov, Z.D. Urushadze and Yu.I. Kharkats, "Theory of Enzyme Catalysis".- ''"Molekuliarnaya Biologia"'', Moscow, 6, 1972, pp. 431-439 (in Russian, English summary) * M.V. Volkenshtein, R.R. Dogonadze, A.K. Madumarov, Z.D. Urushadze and Yu.I. Kharkats, "Electronic and Conformational Interactions in Enzyme Catalysis".- In: E.L. Andronikashvili (Ed.), ''"Konformatsionnie Izmenenia Biopolimerov v Rastvorakh"'', Publishing House "[[Nauka]]", Moscow, 1973, pp. 153-157 (in Russian, English summary) * M.V. Volkenshtein, "Molecules and Life: An Introduction to Molecular Biology", Plenum Pub. Corp., 1974 * M.V. Volkenshtein, "Biophysics", Publishing House "Mir", Moscow, 1983 (in English) ==See also== * [[Biophysics]] * [[Enzyme]] {{DEFAULTSORT:Volkenshtein, Mikhail Vladimirovich}} [[Category:1912 births]] [[Category:1992 deaths]] [[Category:Jewish scientists]] [[Category:Soviet scientists]] [[Category:Moscow State University faculty]] [[Category:Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology faculty]] [[Category:Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences]] [[de:Michail Wladimirowitsch Wolkenstein]] [[ru:Волькенштейн, Михаил Владимирович]]